The impact of ageing and sex on the association between sleepiness and sleep disordered breathing

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 386-393

  Morrell, Mary J ^a   Finn, Laurel ^b   McMillan, Alison ^a   Peppard, Paul E ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Sleep disordered breathing; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84864573628     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00177411     Document Type: Article

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